HOTCHPOTCH–Chinese New Year Food Recipes, Best Dish of Family Banquet
1/2 soaked squid, 1/3lb. pork, 1/4 pork stomach, 5 egg dumplings, 4 shiitake mushrooms, 15 pea shell, 1 small bamboo shoot, 1 scallion, 1/2 carrot
SEASONINGS:
2T oyster oil, 1T cooking wine, 1t sugar, pepper as needed, 1/2T cornstarch water
METHODS:
1. Score squid, blanch in boiling water, turn inside out. Slice pork and pork stomach. Soak shiitake mushroom in water until soft, rid of stems, cut into halve. Rip away string from pea shell. Cook bamboo shoots until done, slice. Cut scallion into sections. Slice carrot.
2. Stir-fry scallion sections in 3T of oil first, then add into shiitake mushroom, bamboo shoot slices, carrot slices, and other ingredients.
3. Add all seasonings and 4T of water to cook until thoroughly flavored. Remove when the liquid is almost absorbed and become thick.
REMARKS:
• No fixed ingredients for this dish, and whatever the families like is OK. Assorted ingredients and flavors is the most important.
• Before cooking this dish, fresh pork must be stir-fried or cooked, seafood must be blanched to remove the unpleasant odor, and those such as pork stomach, whose texture is too hard must be cooked until softened and then slice.
• Some ingredients, such as squid and pork stomach, which cannot be bought in half, can be divided into several portions for later use.
• 1C (cup)=150ml; 1T (Table Spoon)=15ml; 1t(tea spoon)=5ml, 1/2t(tea spoon)=2.5ml, 1/4t(tea spoon)=1.2ml
Chinese New Year Custom: Giving Ya Sui Money
Ya Sui money is the money children are given by the senior as a gift for the new year. In the past, Ya Sui Money is 100 copper coins linked by a piece of red thread, which means one can live for 100 years. Nowadays, people only put coins or cash into a piece of red paper. But the amount must be even members in order to have a good luck in the new year.
